Knight in May 2013 pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit bills. He fled but was recaptured in January.

Prosecutors say Knight since 2004 developed a counterfeiting process that included using newspaper print paper, painting the paper with acrylic, printing simulated watermarks and security threads on the paper and spraying the fake notes with a dulling coat.

Knight operated in Texas and Louisiana by using counterfeit bills to purchase goods and receiving legitimate cash as change.